Archive: 24/09/2014

Child maltreatment alters hormone levels linked to obesity

(Medical Xpress)—Children who are maltreated may be at an increased risk of obesity and inflammatory disorders because of low levels of leptin—a hormone involved in regulating appetite, according to new research from ...

Sep 24, 2014

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Teens world-wide self-medicate with over-the-counter and prescription drugs

Adolescents around the world are frequently using over-the-counter and prescription medications without a doctor's order, a risky practice that can lead to overuse and abuse and is often continued into adulthood, reveals ...

Sep 24, 2014

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Cardiorespiratory fitness is often misdiagnosed

A recent study by the University of Eastern Finland shows that scaling maximal oxygen uptake and maximal workload by body weight confounds measures of cardiorespiratory fitness. It has been a common practice in exercise testing ...

Sep 24, 2014

Ageing isn't fixed—we can manipulate it to live longer

When I was younger, about ten years old, I realised that everyone ages and dies. And I thought well why should that be? Can't we do something about it? I then thought I'd do it. I'll study ageing and figure it out, and I'll ...

Sep 24, 2014

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Bowel cancer patients may do better if diagnosed through screening

Although bowel cancer screening usually detects cancer at an earlier stage, new research indicates that when screening detects a late stage cancer patients may be more likely to survive than those whose late stage cancer ...

Sep 24, 2014

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Organ donation – do we opt-in or opt-out?

Researchers say there should be an international data base containing the very latest information about organ donations and transplants so policy makers can make informed decisions on whether to adopt an opt-out or opt-in ...

Sep 24, 2014

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Dual-action chemical agents improve a high-resolution and noninvasive way to detect cancer

Concerns over toxicity have constrained the clinical application of photoacoustic imaging—a new experimental technique used to detect tumors lurking among healthy cells. A*STAR researchers from the Singapore Bioimaging ...

Sep 24, 2014

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Details of monkey antibodies against chikungunya virus could help to fight the disease in humans

Chikungunya fever can cause severe and long-lasting joint pain, with several epidemics affecting multiple continents in the past decade. The illness is caused by chikungunya virus (CHIKV), but there is no effective vaccine ...

Sep 24, 2014

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Researchers develop new anticancer peptide vaccines and inhibitors

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers have developed two new anticancer peptide vaccines and two peptide inhibitors as part of a larger peptide immunotherapy effort led by investigators at The Ohio State University Comprehensive ...

Sep 24, 2014

Indian man lives for two months with bullet in his heart

An Indian man was recovering well after undergoing surgery to remove a bullet that had been lodged in his heart for two months, a doctor said Wednesday.

Sep 24, 2014

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Archive: 24/09/2014

Child maltreatment alters hormone levels linked to obesity

Teens world-wide self-medicate with over-the-counter and prescription drugs

Cardiorespiratory fitness is often misdiagnosed

Ageing isn't fixed—we can manipulate it to live longer

Bowel cancer patients may do better if diagnosed through screening

Organ donation – do we opt-in or opt-out?

Dual-action chemical agents improve a high-resolution and noninvasive way to detect cancer

Details of monkey antibodies against chikungunya virus could help to fight the disease in humans

Researchers develop new anticancer peptide vaccines and inhibitors

Indian man lives for two months with bullet in his heart

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